Naomi Long

Naomi Long (12 December 1971-) was the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from 26 October 2016, succeeding David Ford.

Biography
Naomi Johnston was born in east Belfast, County Antrim, Northern Ireland on 12 December 1971 to a Presbyterian Ulster Scots family. She graduated from Queen's University in 1994 with a civil engineering degree, and she worked in consultancy before being elected to the Belfast City Council in 2001 for the Victoria Ward. From June 2009 to June 2010, she served as Lord Mayor of Belfast, succeeding Tom Hartley and preceding Pat Convery; when she decided to restrict the flying of the British flag at Belfast City Hall, Ulster unionists attempted to throw a Molotov cocktail at her constituency office on 10 December 2012. In 2016, she became the leader of the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.